Reef Newbie in need of sound Advice..

[Hans24hrs]

I take it your single with no kids lol

 

[treedog5]

Treedog5 do yourself a favor and either look for a used setup (can usually find someone moving or getting out of the hobby) or save your money up until you have enough to buy good equipment. I can say this from experience. You will no doubt end up wanting to go larger with your set up in time. Second, you will only be angry with yourself if you buy cheap stuff that will end up needing to be replaced do to under sizing (filter, skimmer, power heads ect...) or from it breaking. Third, I would say 99.9% one of the most important thing you can have for your tank is a great skimmer. You and your fish will be thankful for it. It would rather see you use HOB with a good skimmer than use the best canister out there ( my opinion, but I am sure others would agree). Also with a reef tank I recommend some kind of refugium, or have a couple of mangroves to help with impurities in the water.

Good luck and welcome to the wonderful world of reef tanks

Hey thanks for all the replies everyone, and this above comment is exactly what im doing. I have found someone on craigslist who is breaking down there entire setup because they have to move, and they are offering some great prices. 29g tank $15- 2 korlia nanos and 1 korlia 750 all for $40- 3 heaters $10- T5 lighting 4bulb for $50. Just what i was waiting for to get my tank started and stay on budget. I also found someone on here offering a aqua c remora HOB skimmer for $100. Just to add a sidenote about getting a larger tank, I wanted to but wifey wouldn't agree to it. plus i already have a nice stand that will hold up to a 30 gallon. so that settles that. :scratchch

 

[treedog5]

Oh well that Craigs list deal fell through, someone came by and bought all that stuff before i could there...:irked:
I'm debating on getting a Coralife BioCube.
what is the overall opinion on these systems?
Looks like i could get everything in one package if i went this route.

 

[rambler67]

well a couple quick suggestions you can wait till petco or petgoods has there $1 a gallon sale you can get a brand new 40 gallon bredder for $40 that should fit on your stand. to save some money you can get dry rock and sand for a lot less than live. good luck with the build.